The National Science Foundation (NSF) has posted its new proposal guidelines. These new guidelines will be effective for proposals submitted on or after January 25, 2010 and are available on the NIH website at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm
Notable changes in these guidelines are the realignment of the application sections with the new review criteria, and the reduction of page limits for the research strategy (formerly known as the research plan). For most of the standard application types, research strategy sections are limited to either six (R15, R21, and similar smaller awards) or twelve (R01 and similar larger awards) pages. NIH has a brief, 12-minute video available that outlines the major changes to the application forms and instructions. OSP has also prepared a tipsheet to assist researchers in preparing proposals under the new guidelines.